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Rhotacism. Rhotacism ( / ˈroʊtəsɪzəm / ROH-tə-siz-əm) [1] or rhotacization is a sound change that converts one consonant (usually a voiced alveolar consonant: /z/, /d/, /l/, or /n/) to a rhotic consonant in a certain environment. The most common may be of /z/ to /r/. [2] When a dialect or member of a language family resists the change ...
One Hand Clapping is a live-in-studio album by the British–American rock band Paul McCartney and Wings, released on 14 June 2024, nearly fifty years after it was recorded. The album began as a rockumentary starring Paul McCartney and his then-band, Wings, and directed by David Litchfield.
Raycon has an amazing selection of best selling earbuds, headphones and more which rival the most popular brands — but best of all, they’re significantly less expensive.
HRTF filtering effect. A head-related transfer function (HRTF) is a response that characterizes how an ear receives a sound from a point in space. As sound strikes the listener, the size and shape of the head, ears, ear canal, density of the head, size and shape of nasal and oral cavities, all transform the sound and affect how it is perceived, boosting some frequencies and attenuating others.
Noise-cancelling headphones often combine sound isolation with ANC to maximize the sound reduction across the frequency spectrum. Noise cancellation can also be used without sound isolation to make wanted sounds (such as voices) easier to hear. Noise cancellation to eliminate ambient noise is never passive because of the circuitry required, so ...
BANKS CHANGE THEIR TUNE. The banking lobby used to sing “My Way” (1969) to get Congress to lighten up on regulation. In 1999, the lobby succeeded – in the name of financial innovation – in rolling back the very Glass-Steagall Act (1933) that was created to stop banks from making risky investments.
Housing affordability is a major problem in America. Home prices spiked during Covid-19 and then the Fed’s war on inflation sent mortgage rates surging. The one-two punch has made it a ...
The first Black mayor of a small Alabama town, who said white officials locked him out of town hall, will return to the role under the terms of a proposed settlement agreement. Patrick Braxton ...